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GENRE STUDY: The Mystery
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Genre study:. The Mystery. The language. alibi - an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime breakthrough - an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime clue - a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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GENRE STUDY:
The Mystery
THE LANGUAGE
alibi - an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime
breakthrough - an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime
clue - a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries
THE LANGUAGE
crime - an act committed in violation of the law
deduce- to infer by logical reasoning
detective - a person who investigates crimes and gathers information
THE LANGUAGE
evidence - something, such as a witness statement or object that is used as proof in a crime
hunch - a guess or feeling not based on known facts
motive - an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way
THE LANGUAGE
mystery - something that is secret and unknown
plot - the arrangement of incidents in a story
purloin - to steal or filch
red herring - something that is used to divert attention from the basic issue
THE LANGUAGE
setting - the time, place, environment and surrounding circumstances of a story
sleuth - another name for a detective
suspect - a person who is suspected of a crime
THE LANGUAGE
victim - someone who is harmed or suffers some loss
witness - someone who saw or can give a firsthand account of something
THE ELEMENTS
Suspects
Detective
Witnesses
Victim
Characters
THE ELEMENTS
When the mystery takes place
Where the mystery takes place
Often integral to the plot (cannot be separated from the story)
Setting
THE ELEMENTS
problem that needs solved
an event that cannot be explained
a secret
something that is lost/missing
a crime that has been committed
PlotUsually follows one of the following major plot
lines:
THE ELEMENTS
Hints to help solve the mystery
Can be things people say or do
Can be objects that are found
Red herrings: distractions/false clues that lead the reader and detective off track and make it more difficult to solve the mystery
Clues
THE OUTLINE
Beginning - characters and mysterious problem are introduced
Middle – suspects interviewed and clues gathered
End - mystery solved
